JJ Street was playing drums at American Fish Company the same night a military veteran, well known to local law enforcement and believed to struggle with PTSD and traumatic brain injury, allegedly opened fire from a boat into the Southport waterfront bar, murdering three people and physically injuring at least eight.

Rachel Lewis Hilburn and Andy Wood, host a short-form series called “Speaking of Trees,” set to air on PBS’s Sci NC on October 9.